"It is the festive season and we acknowledge that a lot of people are out celebrating but it's important that people don't try and calculate their drinks because too often they lose track.

"People think; two standard drinks every hour and they'll be fine but the reality is you lose track. Someone else tops up your drink or you switch to spirits and inadvertently lose track; then go over the limit.

"It's an inconvenience to the driver and puts other road users at risk."

Drink driving contributed to 57 deaths on Queensland roads last year.

This year Queensland's total road death toll is already at 238; three more fatalities than this time last year.

The 50-day Christmas Road Safety Campaign started on December 9 and will continue until January 27, 2017.